2017年江南大学远程教育大学英语(三)第3阶段测试题

2017年江南大学远程教育大学英语(三)第3阶段测试题

江南大学现代远程教育第三阶段测试卷

考试科目:《大学英语（三）》时间：90分钟

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第一部分：词汇与结构（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

此部分共有10个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中未完成的部分有4个选项，请从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出正确选项。

1.The ship _____ South America.

A. is bound for

B. bound for

C. bound to

D. is bound to

2.The lifeboat went out to rescue a ship in _____.

A. disgrace

B. disappointment

C. despair

D. distress

3.I must _____ my lawyer before I make my final decisions.

A. contrast

B. contact

C. contract

D. compare

4.The two cars were broken into pieces in the _____.

A. collision

B. crash

C. collapse

D. confusion

5.You’d better _____ the warm weather by going for a walk this afternoon.

A. take use of

B. take the advantage of

C. take advantage of

D. take the use of

6.Jean _____ own a car but I don’t believe her.

A. claims

B. claims to

C. claims that

D. claims of

7.We tried to _____ him _____climbing the mountain without a guide.

A. discourage…from

B. encourage…from

C. persuade….to

D. encourage…to

8.We are _____ to John for bringing the books.

A. grateful

B. capable

C. appropriate

D. owing

9.The new engine must be thoroughly _____ before being out on the market.

A. tried out

B. tried to

C. tried in

D. tried with

10.We will not have the picnic unless more people _____.

A. signed in

B. signed with

C. signed for

D. signed up

第二部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

Passage 1

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went

to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.

11. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a. Lived in New York.

b. Worked in a bank.

c. Travelled to Texas.

d. Was put in prison.

e. Had a newspaper Job.

f. Learned to write stories.

A. e. c. f. b. d. a

B. c. e. b. d. f. a

C. e. b. d.

c. a. f.D. c. b. e.

d. a f.

12. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because __________.

A. they had surprise endings

B. they were easy to understand

C. they showed his love for the poor

D. they were about New York City

13. O. Henry went to prison because ________ .

A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

B. he broke the law by not using his own name

C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners

D. people thought he had taken money that was not his

14. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

A. He was well-educated.

B. He was not serious about his work.